Brig. Gen. Mohammad Pakpour added that the terrorist cell which had been planning to carry out attacks deep within the Iranian soil was dismantled by IRGC ground forces in Ghasr-e Ghand county in Sistan and Baluchestan Province on Thursday.

According to him, a number of mercenary terrorists were killed during the clash, some injured and a few fled, who are currently being tracked down by security and local forces.

A car booby-trapped by 700kg explosives was destroyed during the anti-terrorist operation, and 15 suicide bombs and over 700kg explosives and tens of thousands of bullets and a number of weapons and ammunition were also sized by security forces.

The IRGC commander further dismissed claims of recent clashes with terrorists along the country’s western borders.